Overview | Pre-Seed | Pre (NEW) | Ingredients & Use | Quality Assurance | Inventor
Dr. Joanna Ellington (“Dr. E”) is a co-founder of INGfertility™, and has been its CEO since inception in 1994. Dr. E developed the formulation for Pre~Seed™ after seeing a need for a vaginal dryness relief product that would not harm sperm during her 20 years of federally funded research into male infertility and sperm physiology.

Dr. Ellington is also an internationally recognized scientist with over 75 publications. Her primary areas of research have been in: sperm storage in the Fallopian tube--how long sperm can live in the woman prior to ovulation; how sperm DNA is damaged by assisted reproduction methods or male exposure to toxins; and the role of arabinogalactan in protecting cell function, including that of sperm and embryos.

She has received the prestigious National Institutes of Health’s Physician Scientist Award and First Independent Research in Science Training Award. The scientific community honoured her research into male reproductive physiology when she received the internationally recognised Young Andrologist Award in 2003. She has also held leadership positions in several medical societies, including an Executive Council position in the American Society of Andrology (sperm physiologists).

A Message From Dr. E
“I am a mother to five boys and a Scientist with 20 years of US Federal funding to study male infertility. During this work, I saw that fertility problems often impacted on a couple’s intimate relationship, leading to increased vaginal dryness. Although I knew lubricants harmed sperm, I hated telling couples that there was really nothing ‘’safe’’ for them to use while trying to conceive. So I spent 8 years developing Pre~Seed™ to replenish a woman’s moisture without harming sperm.

Pre~Seed™ is uniquely formulated to share characteristics with fertile cervical mucus. Several studies presented at major medical meetings have shown Pre~Seed’s™ benefit on sperm function. Each lot of Pre~Seed™ is also tested to confirm that it will not harm sperm.
Our company is family owned and includes the expertise of my husband (also with a pharmacy background). We are very proud of our product and look forward to launching it onto the New Zealand market. We trust that it will provide the right solution for your vaginal dryness.”